Keys Terms and Definitions

Question 1

Messiah

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Hebrew word meaning saviour or rescuer

Question 2

Being brought back to life after death

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Resurrection

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Ascension

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Jesus physically rising up to the heaven

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The belief god is 3 as well as one-father,son and Holy Spirit

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Trinity

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Denomination

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A group within Christianity

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Spreading the Christian’s message in order to convert people

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Evangelism

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Christianity

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Largest faith in the world which follows the teachings of Jesus Christ

Question 8

Green word meaning saviour rescuer hence the name-Jesus Christ

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Christ

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Disciple

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The 12 main followers of Jesus who helped spread his message

Question 10

People who spread the Christian message often travelling to other countries

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Missionaries

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Persecution

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Discrimination against a group of people who share an aspect of identity

Question 12

A name given to non Jews in the bible

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Gentiles

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Early church

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Christian’s in the first 3 centuries (CE common ear)-non religious dating opposed to AD.Each can pe used interchangeably

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Martyred

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The word ‘martyr’ comes from the Greek word meaning ‘witness’.It is when a person is killed for their beliefs

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Scapegoat

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A term used when deliberately placing the blame of the action on an another person/group of people

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A Christian leader with authority over priests and churches in an area

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Bishop

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Creed

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A statement of a belief which outlines the shared beliefs within a community

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Beliefs that are opposed to the core beliefs of the church

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Heresy

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Religious texts such as the bible

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Religious scriptures

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Confession

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a booth where catholics ask a priest to grant gods forgiveness for the sins they have committed (so,estimes called being absolved of your sins if they are genuinely sorry they will be goven penance by the priest .a priest can never reveal what he is told in confession

Question 21

Eucharist

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The practise of eating bread and drinking wine during a church service to remember the death and Rex of Jesus Christ.Eucharist is derived from the Greek word Eucharistia meaning thanksgiving

Question 22

Penance

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Prayer or some other action to show one is sorry for committing sin(s)

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Transubstantiation

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The belief that the bread and wine becomes the actual body and blood of Jesus Christ during Eucharist

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Excommunication

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Officially expelling someone from participating in the sacraments service of the Christian church

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Indulgences

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Certificates that people bought from Catholic Church so they would spend less time in purgatory when they died

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Protestantism

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A form of Christianity that began in the 16th century as a protest against the Catholic Church

Question 27

Reformation

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A 16th cent movement to reform the church resulting in the division of the western church in Catholicism and Protestantism.It was led by Martin Luther

Question 28

Purgatory

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Christians, believe in heaven and hell.Catholics also believe in purgatory (not mentioned in the bible).purgatory is the place where souls go to be purified before heaven.a soul cannot go from purgatory to hell.catholics believe by praying foe a dead persons soul it speeds up the passage from purgatory to heaven,it is often veiwed like a waiting room

Question 29

Virgin Mary

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Not in other christian denominations. Latholis place great importance on Mary. Unlike other humans, Mary was born in the world without origiml sin. bad chose Mary before She Has born (Known as the immaculate conception). When Mary died They believe her hody and soul were taken to heaven. Known as the assuption and celebrated on the 15th of August. latholics pray to Mary as they believe She will act on their behalf before God when they reach heavenie. intercession.